EDDY COUNTY — An El Paso woman has been arrested in connection with a shooting in rural Eddy County.

Investigators with the Eddy County Sheriff's Office Detectives Division believe that 18-year-old Alondra Gonzales used a .22 pistol to shoot a Carlsbad man in the abdomen around 2 a.m. Wednesday at a home on Quahada Road.

She is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, a third degree felony, and tampering with evidence.

Sgt. Matt Hutchinson with the Eddy County Sheriff's Office said the victim is not being identified pending notification to his family. The man was treated at the Carlsbad Medical Center and is in stable condition, Hutchinson said.

Gonzales was arrested during a traffic stop conducted by the Carlsbad Police Department of a truck matching the description of a vehicle seen near the area by witnesses later on Wednesday.

Inside the vehicle, officers also discovered the pistol they allege was used by Gonzales in the shooting. Hutchinson said investigators are attempting to identify whom the gun belongs to.

The two other persons inside the vehicle at the time of the traffic stop are being considered witnesses, Hutchinson said, and have not been charged with any crime.